Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet — The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet. — The Labor Party's policy was announced prior to the Australian Election in November …

Vision on — Regular commentator Bill Thompson looks forward to cheap net access and cloud computing. — If you're ever asked to forecast the way computing will develop, offer to look three to five years ahead. — It's a good, safe time frame because if you're right then people …

“What's your audience size?” is wrong question — I'm reading my feeds this morning and see a few people talking about audience size for videobloggers and other content people. Here's a sample: — Henry Blodget points out that Perez Hilton has a huge audience, but hasn't yet been able to sell much advertising to it.

Web Playgrounds of the Very Young — LOS ANGELES — Forget Second Life. The real virtual world gold rush centers on the grammar-school set. — Trying to duplicate the success of blockbuster Web sites like Club Penguin and Webkinz, children's entertainment companies are greatly accelerating efforts …

Bloggers question the way reporters are paid — If newspapers are no longer able to keep pace with the big players for salaries, then maybe we'll have to start offering a new way of paying reporters and columnists. Pay extra based on the number of page views that stories generate.

Video games make history in 2007 — The last 12 months have been one of the best years in video game history, both critically and commercially. — Gamers have been able to revel in some of the most exhilarating interactive experiences ever designed. — Sales in the UK are at an all-time high …

Email And Cellphone Contacts Are The Real Social Graph — Google has been quietly rolling out social features across all of its services based on Gmail contacts. While Google still has to overcome some of its social tone-deafness (e.g. automatically adding contacts without asking), this move makes perfect sense.

Online Video Auteurs: Keep Your Day Jobs, Part 2 — Perez Hilton tells TVWeek his videos on Google's YouTube generated 25 million views over the past three months and netted him a whopping $5,000 in revenue. That's a 20-cent CPM. (It's an even lower net CPM for Google, by the way, assuming a payout ratio of more than 50%.